Another to Conquer

The National Tuberculosis Association (later American Lung Association)

Camera: Robert ClineSound: Clarence TownsendConsultant: Ruth Underhill, Ph.D., a noted Southwestern anthropologistEditor: H. E. MandalEstablishing shot: A night scene in which Navajo people dance around a campfire in full frame. In a quick cut, the camera is then positioned closer to the campfire as the men circle.Named locations: No named locationMajor themes covered: The impact of tuberculosis on Native Americans, particularly the NavajoNative activities shown: Another to Conquer includes footage of what looks like a Navajo “Fire Dance,” also known as the Corral Dance, possibly as a part of the “Mountain Way Chant.” In addition to this, a second “social” dance is shown, with men and women dancing side by side. For more on the Corral Dance see: Navajo Night Dances.

This film includes footage of a “sheep dip” attended by the local community.

Edgar G. Ulmer (1904-1972) was a prolific director of stylistic cinematic films; his filmography includes “The Black Cat” (1943), “Detour” (1945) and “The Man from Planet X” (1951). The website Senses of Cinema offers an in-depth biographical entry on Ulmer including an exhaustive filmography. See: http://sensesofcinema.com/2003/great-directors/ulmer/. The Oxford University Press’s website for the reference work, “Learning with the Lights Off: Educational Film in the United States” has an entry on Ulmer’s extensive work on Tuberculosis films, complete with links to the films preserved on the Internet Archive (http://www.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780195383836/examples/chapter13/?view=usa